ZONE OF OPTIMAL FUNCTIONING (ZOF)
the wide array of physiological stimulation within which a person can carry on at the peak of physical, cognitive, and…
ZIPF'S LAW
with regard to speaking language, the viewpoint that the length of words within any language is inversely associated to how…
ZOOPHARMACOGNOSY
noun. the capacity of non-human animals to choose plants and their portions for medicinal reasons to lower fevers or rid…
ZOLLNER ILLUSION
a visual illusion wherein parallel lines seem to diverge whenever one of them is intersected by short diagonal lines slanted…
ZUCLOPENTHIXOL
noun. a conventional antipsychotic of the thioxanthene class. Side effects are inclusive of sedation, dystonia, and neuromuscular rigidity, and it's…
ZOMBIE ARGUMENT
a philosophical debate which centers on the trouble of differentiating conscious entities from non-conscious entities which are capable of carrying…
ZOOMORPHISM
noun. 1. the crediting of animal qualities to humans, inanimate items, or deities. 2. the utilization of animal psychology or…
ZWAARDEMAKER SMELL SYSTEM
a system for categorizing scent qualities based upon a scheme initially cultivated by Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist. In accordance…
ZWAARDEMAKER OLFACTOMETER
an formative olfactom-etkr consisting of a sole glass tube open at each end. One end was placed into a nostril,…
ZURICH SCHOOL
a team of psychoanalysts who were formative followers of Carl Jung in Zurich, in contrast to the Viennese school of…
ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE (SDS)
a widely utilized adult self-report depression-screening tool modeled to gauge the severity of depressive or mood-associated indicators. It is additionally…
WERNICKE'S APHASIA
a loss of the capacity to understand noises or speech , specifically to comprehend or repeat spoken language and to…
UPWARD MOBILITY
the motion of an individual or group onto a higher social class. Upward mobility has a tendency to be an…